A community of community managers on Twitter? April 8, 2008
Posted by Mario Sundar in communitymarketing.Tags: twitter
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So, I was about to beat my insomnia by falling asleep when I (for some reason) decide to go over my Google Reader and look what I find, a blog post I had to blog about. Sean Moffit over at Buzz Canuck, draws attention to an IBM research item that analyzes why users flock to social networking sites? (Read his blog post here)
Source: .mw
Here’s my version of the IBM study breakdown.
Why do users flock to social networking sites? (See chart here)
1. Purely Social (53%)
For community - 31%
For Family & Fun - 22%
2. Professional (38%)
For Peers - 28%
For colleagues - 4%
For Money - 6%
3. Brand (9%)
For Brand kinship - 9%
It’s interesting that 9% of individuals seem to be on social networking/media sites for a certain brand kinship. Now, couple that with my most recent post where I drew attention to the fact that social media sites like twitter affords a great opportunity to connect with folks working at these companies (Read how Dell, LinkedIn and Comcast encountered users on social media sites), and we may be onto something.
Community Managers and their Twitter id’s
Sean used LinkedIn (yay!) to gather a list of 25 community focused individuals from companies ranging from Apple to Microsoft. And so, taking a cue from Sean’s post, I’ve culled the twitter ids of the community managers he outlines on the post (or at least the ones I could find). Since, these are the individuals expressly tasked with maintaining that “conversation” with users, feel free to follow us.
- Will Pate: Community Evangelist - ConceptShare (@willpate)
- Mario Sundar: Community Evangelist - Linkedin (@mariosundar)
- Eric Skiff: Community Evangelist - Clipmarks (@ericskiff)
- Marilyn Pratt: Community Evangelist - SAP Labs (@marilynpratt)
- Brett Meyers: Community Evangelist - Zloop (@brettmeyers)
- Hal Bryan: Community Evangelist - Microsoft (?)
- Maxwell Gold: Community Evangelist - Brightcove (?)
- Steve Kapsinow: Community Eevalist - Jupitermedia (?)
- Jenny Paine : Community Manager - Live World (?)
- Erin Anderson: Community Manager - Flexpaths (?)
- Cindy Bowen: Community Manager - Sony Entertainment (?)
- Ryan Knight: Community Manager - Yahoo (@yank)
- Jennifer Puckett : Community Manager - Disney (?)
- Jim Lynch: Community Manager - Ziff Davis (@jwlynch)
- Melissa Parrish - Community Manager - Real Simple (?)
- T.J. Degroat: Community Management - Digg (?)
- Laura Gluhanic: Community Advocate - Ning (?)
- Jake McKee: Community Guy - Formerly Lego (@jakemckee)
- William Azaroff: Community Engagement - VanCity (@wazaroff)
- Carole McManus: Community Specialist, formerly Yahoo 360 (@puttopal)
- Asa Dotzler: Catastrophist, Mozilla (@asadotzler)
- Scott Wilder: GM Intuit Online Communities (?)
- Jennifer Lord: Online Communities Producer-Corus (?)
- Mark Freeman Williams: Online Communities - Apple (?)
- Peta Haigh: Online Communities Producer - BBC (?)
- Anand Iyer: Developer Evangelist - Microsoft (@anandiyer)
- Damon Billian: Director of Customer Evangelism - Mint (@dbillian)
- Jayne Karolow: Director of Community at LocaModa - http://www.wiffiti.com/a/jayniek
- Domini Perri: Community Manager, Utterz - (@domjp)
- Daniel Ha: Disqus (@danielha)
- Maggie: Director of Global Community at TripAdvisor (@mizmaggieb)
Interestingly, I couldn’t find the twitter ids of the majority of the community folks on the list. hmm… Any other community managers missing from this list, please leave a comment. And, if you know the twitter ids of some of the above-mentioned individuals, feel free to suggest that as well on the comments section. Stay tuned for more.
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Nice build on my post Mario. Truly 1+1 does equal 3. Hopefully we’ll get some additional managers/advocates/evangelists too.
Mario,
one of my favorite drawings above. Good list, I already follow a bunch of these guys. They often have their finger on the pulse of the ComGen space more than anyone else.
Well I’ve been shamed into signing up for Twitter though I echo Dvorak’s earlier column about it a while back when he panned it for being yet another time waster of sorts.
My ID is jwlynch.
And yes, I’m the Ziff Davis CM. Somebody pinged me about this blog entry so I figured I’d drop by. Nice to know somebody is looking at my LinkedIn profile. I guess I better go polish it up a bit.
I’m Jayne Karolow, Director of Community at LocaModa. I can be reached at http://www.wiffiti.com/a/jayniek (or send a txt to @jayniek to 25622).
Thanks for the post!
Remember that for startups, the principals themselves often manage the community. For example, I’ve contacted @danielha for Disqus support.
Hi, Dominic Perri, the Community Manager over at Utterz!
http://www.twitter.com/domjp & http://www.utterz.com/~h-Dom/r-1/profile.php
Thanks to @Jim, @jayne, @ontario and @dom for your ids. I’ve made the changes in the above post. I’ll also dig up my earlier post on community evangelists and consolidate into one document (maybe create a Google spreadsheet that others can contribute towards).
Ideas? Keep em’ coming.
@ontario,
Couldn’t agree more. I guess the idea is a list of individuals the community of users can reach out to with any questions. I’ve added @danielha to the list as well. Expect a fuller report shortly.
Feel free to suggest other community managers missed on this list as well.
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Thanks for the inclusion and thanks for putting together a great list. I loves me some community manager nerdiness!
Hi there, I’m the director of our global community at TripAdvisor. I am mizmaggieb on Twitter, or can be reached at maggie AT tripadvisor DOT com.
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Ah, mine is hard to find because I honestly don’t have time to deal with Twitter right now (still on the fence with the value proposition and/or if it would help in any manner). I know that I have been a critic of the service, largely because I don’t think it is really robust enough for anything other than quick, snappy updates.
Between email, forums & Facebook, I have to give my time where the greatest return is.
@jake mckee, welcome to the gang! Me likey community nerdiness too
@maggie yep, added you to the list.
@damon I hear you, buddy! I was late to the twitter party as well, but it looks like there’s a certain critical mass driving some of the utilitarian behavior of twitter. Friendfeed is an intriguing feature too. Apparently, a desktop client has launched earlier today. Wonder how that’ll foster growth?! interesting…
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Greetings Mario, I am a Community Analyst (evangelist?) and co-founder at Lithium Technologies. I’m a new Twitter-er. I’d like to get in on the circle of twittering community managers
Hi Mark,
Welcome! Of course! I hope to create a collaborative spreadsheet (Google Docs) on community evangelists… Just haven’t gotten to it. Will add you in that.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hi Mario -
I’m the Community “Manager” (who could manage this community?) for Digg.com - my twitter is @justjen
Thanks for putting this list together!
Jen
Hi Jen, Absolutely!
Now that must be a fun gig. Challenging, I’m sure!
Hi!
I’ll be a community manager for People for Earth (http://www.people4earth.net - starts in July 2008). Till now I have been working on the development of the community from the start. As somebody mentioned in his/her post - as a founder of the startup you end also working on community management.
See my LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sabinapodjed
Twitter profile is on it’s way
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